This Sunday, June 9, Alexander Zverev will have the opportunity to win his first Grand Slam title in the event of victory over Carlos Alcaraz in the Roland-Garros final. The German tennis player hardly seemed perturbed by his trial for domestic violence during the fortnight.
He won a battle, while perhaps waiting for his first Grand Slam. World number four Alexander Zverev has a golden opportunity to correct this anomaly on his record by dominating Carlos Alcaraz, this Sunday June 9, in the Roland-Garros final. The Parisian tournament has not always brought luck to the big German man, victim of a terrible injury on the Philippe-Chatrier court during his opposition against Rafael Nadal in 2022. His cries of pain had terrified the public, and the man au ponytail had promised to quickly return to his best level. Two years later, he is just one victory away from doing more than honoring his word.
However, Alexander Zverev could have been disrupted in his preparation by his trial which was held during the fortnight. He was accused of strangling his ex-partner, Brenda Patea, “with both hands” on the night of May 20 to 21, 2020 “in the context of an argument. The gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, already accused of a similar complaint in 2020had been fined 450,000 euros for domestic violence at first instance, but had appealed.
Alexander Zverez “wants to turn the page”
This time, his country’s justice system abandoned the trial after an amicable agreement between the two parties, the primary motivation of which was “their child’s interests”, as communicated by a spokesperson for the Berlin court, Inga Wahlen. To put an end to this procedure, Sophia Thomall’s spouse will have to pay 200,000 euros in legal costs. Hit him with every intervention on this subject: “When we drop a trial, it means we are innocent otherwise they won’t drop it. I don’t know how else we can translate it. It’s over, we turn the page. I never want to hear a question on this subject again.”, he replied, with great coldness, after qualifying for the final. “Sasha” will have to maintain this same coolness to calm the fiery Carlos Alcaraz.
